Life — July 19, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Political Cartoon Analysis This page contains two contrasting cartoons about isolationism during what appears to be the interwar period. **Left panel:** "The Legion That Knows, And—" depicts marching soldiers with bayonets, representing military preparedness and interventionist thinking. **Right panel:** "The Legion That Never Learns" shows a crowd beneath signs reading "Isolation Forever" and "Am I My Brother's Keeper?"—satirizing isolationists as willfully ignorant, depicted as a large mass moving mindlessly toward a cliff. The cartoons argue that isolationism represents dangerous naivety while military strength reflects wisdom. The contrast suggests that those opposing U.S. military engagement are foolish and headed toward disaster, while prepared forces represent enlightened leadership—a critique of American non-interventionist sentiment, likely from the 1930s-early 1940s period.